Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
About the Book Series
Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics was established in 2001 and has since provided a key port of call for leading research in the field. As well as the core discipline of environmental economics, the remit of the series extends to natural resources, ecological economics, environmental studies and environmental science, with issues explored including energy, permit trading, valuation, taxation and climate change. The series is edited by Nick Hanley of the University of St Andrews.
Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies
1st Edition
Edited
By Sami Mahroum, Yasser Al-Saleh
August 14, 2018
Economic diversification remains at the top of the agenda for hundreds of regions around the world. From the single commodity economies of African countries and the Caribbean, to the many single industry regions of Europe and North America, as well as the oil and gas rich but volatile hydrocarbon ...
The Economics of Biofuels: The impact of EU bioenergy policy on agricultural markets and land grabbing in Africa
1st Edition
By Stefania Bracco
June 28, 2018
Biofuels are a renewable source of energy used mainly for transportation. They link together food, energy and natural resources sectors, and involve ecological, social and inequality issues. They are an emblematic example of the interactions between economic, environmental, social and political ...
The Economic Theory of Community Forestry
1st Edition
By David Robinson
April 27, 2018
Community forestry is an expanding model of forest management around the world. Over a quarter of forests in developing countries are now owned by or assigned to communities and there is a growing community forestry movement in developed countries such as Canada and the USA. There is, however, no ...
Permit Trading in Different Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By Bernd Hansjürgens, Ralf Antes, Marianne Strunz
December 08, 2016
Permit trading is an environmental policy instrument that has received increasing levels of attention over recent years. Coming from the field of air quality management, with the European CO2 emissions trading system being the most prominent example, it enters new fields of application, such as ...
The Role of Science for Conservation
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthias Wolff, Mark Gardener
December 08, 2016
The book integrates the knowledge and reflections of thirty scientists, of which many have dedicated a substantial part of their professional life to the Galapagos archipelago, to the conservation of its biodiversity and to the sustainable management of its resources. The book can be ...
The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis
1st Edition
By Karine Nyborg
November 10, 2016
Putting a price tag on the environment is controversial. This book discusses ethical and political aspects of environmental cost-benefit analysis: why controversies must be expected, why they should be taken seriously, and how they can be handled in practice. Cost-benefit analysis is commonly ...
Forests and Development: Local, National and Global Issues
1st Edition
By Philippe Delacote
November 07, 2016
This book is a fully up to date study of the major issues facing forest conservation and the forestry industry, which considers developments at local, national and global levels. Environmental and development topics relating to each level are discussed – for instance, the use of forest products in ...
Game Theory and Fisheries: Essays on the Tragedy of Free for All Fishing
1st Edition
By Ussif Rashid Sumaila
November 07, 2016
Today, there is a growing sense of urgency among fisheries scientists regarding the management of fish stocks, particularly among those who predict the imminent collapse of the fishing industry due to stock depletion. This book takes a game theoretic approach to discussing potential solutions to ...
Climate Change and the Private Sector: Scaling Up Private Sector Response to Climate Change
1st Edition
By Craig Hart
June 17, 2016
Climate Change and the Private Sector explores the challenges of transforming our energy infrastructure to become carbon neutral and adapting to climate change in the twenty-first century. It examines the critical role that the private sector must play in these challenges. To transform the global...
Entrepreneurship and Management in Forestry and Wood Processing: Principles of Business Economics and Management Processes
1st Edition
By Franz Schmithüsen, Bastian Kaiser, Albin Schmidhauser, Stephan Mellinghoff, Karoline Perchthaler, Alfred Kammerhofer
May 06, 2016
Forestry has long been in a rather favourable position in offering a valuable raw material source in high demand. However, with rapidly changing end-user demands and cost competitiveness within the forest and wood chain as a whole, the industry is needing to adapt. Explaining entrepreneurial action...
Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Ariel Dinar, Amnon Rapoport
February 27, 2015
The existence of environmental dilemmas and political conflicts leads us to appreciate the need for individuals and groups to behave strategically in order to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing. Global issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and pollution, as well as ...
Oligopoly, the Environment and Natural Resources
1st Edition
By Luca Lambertini
February 27, 2015
Industrial production and consumption patterns rely heavily on the intensive use of both renewable and non-renewable resources and the consequences for the environment can be serious. Following a long period of time where the profit incentives of firms have prevailed over preservation of the ...